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Gov Wolf and Lt. Gov Fetterman Press Conference about the legalization of recreational marijuana
If you didn’t have a chance to watch the press conference with Governor Wolf and Lt. Governor Fetterman you can do so here (approximately 26 minutes): Here is the full 89 page report from the listening tour: Read More
CPA Response to Lt. Governor’s MJ Legalization Report
State College, PA (September 25, 2019) – The Commonwealth Prevention Alliance (CPA), a private non-profit whose mission is to support prevention professionals in eliminating substance abuse and risk-related behaviors, is against the legalization of recreational marijuana in PA. CPA’s founding principles are on prevention of substance misuse/abuse. It is clear that children and adolescents, those […]
Pennsylvania Renews Opioid Disaster Declaration for Seventh Time
“The disaster declaration and its provisions remain a strong force in battling the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania,” Gov. Wolf said. “Through the Opioid Command Center and its dedicated 17 state agencies collaborating on education, prevention, rescue and recovery, we have been able to make progress that resulted in a deduction in overdose deaths in 2018. […]
Association between medical cannabis laws and opioid overdose mortality has reversed over time
Medical cannabis has been touted as a solution to the US opioid overdose crisis since Bachhuber et al. [M. A. Bachhuber, B. Saloner, C. O. Cunningham, C. L. Barry, JAMA Intern. Med. 174, 1668–1673] found that from 1999 to 2010 states with medical cannabis laws experienced slower increases in opioid analgesic overdose mortality. That research […]
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Finally, an Intervention That Might Have Helped Keep High-Risk Teens Alive
Teens who have been hospitalized for a suicide attempt or suicidal ideation are at heightened risk of dying by suicide. A 2007 study, for instance, followed nearly 5,000 young people, from 15 to 24 years old, who sought care at a single hospital for “deliberate self-harm” over a 20-year period. Nearly 3 percent of […]
The Misplaced Optimism in Legal Pot
A paper written nearly five years ago launched hopes that medical marijuana could help fight the opioid epidemic. If more people used the less addictive and less harmful pot instead of opioids, the thinking went, deaths might abate.But a new paper, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, throws cold water […]
EFFECTIVE PREVENTION COALITIONS: Building Stronger Youth, Families, & Communities
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The Science & Art of Primary Prevention: Staying Ahead of Emerging Problems
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